The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1906
Waxing Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
8:38 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -198
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 130.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.65° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.05° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.